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Dignity plc

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Type
  
Public (LSE: DTY)

Revenue
  
305.3 million GBP (2015)

Net income
  
56.9 million GBP (2015)

Industry
  
Funeral services

Founded
  
1994

Operating income
  
95.5 million GBP (2015)

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Key people
  
Peter Hindley, Chairman Mike McCollum, CEO

Website
  
www.dignityfunerals.co.uk

Stock price
  
DTY (LON) 2,754.00 GBX -13.00 (-0.47%)7 Mar, 4:19 PM GMT - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries
  
Highfield Funeral Service Limited

Dignity plc (LSE: DTY) is one of the largest providers of funeral services and is the largest provider of pre-paid funeral plans in the United Kingdom. It is British run company and is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

The business was created in 1994 through the merger of Plantsbrook Group and Great Southern Group, both of which companies had been acquired by Service Corporation International Inc earlier that year. In 2002 the merged business was the subject of a management buy-out from Service Corporation International Inc. The merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses including the following:

  • George S Munn, Glasgow – 1812
  • Francis Chappell & Sons, London – 1840
  • J Rymer, York – 1848
  • Ginns & Gutteridge, Leicestershire – 1855
  • Lawrence Funeral Service, Halifax – 1857
  • E Finch & Sons, Aldershot – 1857
  • Beckenham Cemetery, Kent – 1876
  • J H Kenyon, London – 1880
  • Frederick W Paine, London – 1884
  • Perry Barr Crematorium, Birmingham – 1903
  • John Bardgett & Son, Newcastle upon Tyne – 1914
  • Jonathan Harvey, Glasgow – 1928
  • South London Crematorium – 1930
  • Seaford & Newhaven Funeral Service, East Sussex – 1950
  • Smiths, Funeral Directors, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Joseph Potts, Funeral Directors, Carluke and Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Joseph Potts, Funeral Directors, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Henry Dorricott Funeral Service, Larkhall, Lesmahagow & Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

    • The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2004.

    Operations

    The company is based in Sutton Coldfield, owns over 725 funeral homes, and operates 39 crematoria, across the country.

    References

    Dignity plc Wikipedia
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